NSW election guide now live
As part of my efforts to prepare election guides for all of the upcoming elections, I have now published a guide to the 2027...
Federal redistribution projections published
The Australian Electoral Commission yesterday published the official statistics that will be used for federal redistributions in South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT. This...
New Zealand’s new electoral map
New Zealand will go to the polls next year at their next general election, and the electoral map of New Zealand has been redrawn...
Hinchinbrook by-election incoming
A state by-election will be held in the north Queensland seat of Hinchinbrook at some point near the end of this year or early...
Who would benefit from an expanded parliament?
Today's blog post is inspired by a strange opinion piece in the Nine papers yesterday by former federal Liberal Attorney-General George Brandis.
Brandis' piece (in...
Are the mapmakers playing it safe?
We rely on independent mapmakers to draw electoral boundaries at each redistribution. There is an extensive process of public consultation, and there are rules...
Shrinking Tasmanian councils is not the answer
The Tasmanian government has announced plans to "reform" Tasmanian local government by slashing the number of councillors across the state. The government has put...
Kiama by-election – results live
11:20 - I don't think we'll get any more voting data tonight. I've done a quick video summing up the results on Instagram. That's...
Podcast #155: Queensland’s state redistribution
Ben was joined by Matt Dennien from the Brisbane Times to discuss the Queensland state redistribution, specifically the first round of submissions. The conversation...
What do the Queensland redistribution submissions say?
The first round of public submissions for the Queensland state redistribution were published last week - about three weeks after they were submitted to...